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noun
The act of excerpting or selecting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Something which is selected or gleaned; an extract (of text, audio, data etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
a passage selected from a larger work
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: excerpt, extract, selection
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: passage
Narrower terms: chrestomathy, analects, analecta, clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting, cut, track, quotation, quote, citation, Haftorah, Haftarah, Haphtorah, Haphtarah
History
Latin excerptio.
